Cushioning device for packing.



H. W. THAYER.

CUSHIONING DEVICE FORPACKJNG.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 22. 1915.

L wfifi a Patented Apr. 17,1917.

$51 M Gimme A HENRY W. THAYER, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

CUSHIONING DEVICE FOR PACKING.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 11?, WNW.

Application filed April 22, 1915. Serial No. 23,264.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY W. THAYER, a citizen of the United States, anda resident of New York city, New York, (whose postofiice address is No.135 East Fortieth street, New York city,,NeW York,) have invented a newand useful Improvement in Cushioning Devices for Packing, whichinvention is fully set forth in the following specification. i

The invention is primarily intended for packing eggs for shipment, butmay be employed for packing any other fragile articles.

One of the features of the invention con-.

sists of the novel packing-units, employed in pairs, and particularlythe novel cushion-device forming a part of each unit. The inventionconsists further of the several features of construction and arrangementhereinafter set forth and claimed.

The invention will be best understood by reference to the followingdescription and the annexed drawings, setting forth a pre ferredembodiment adapted for packing l n these drawings, Figure 1' is avertical section taken transversely through a packing-carton containingtwo of the new packing-units;

Fig. 2 is a top view or plan of one end of a single packing-unit,slightly modified;

Fig. 3 is a longitudinal vertical section (through the line 3-3) of theunit shown in Fig. 2; and

Fig. .t is a plan of one end of a blank used in forming one part of thepacking-unit indicated in Figs. 2 and 3.

For the sake of convenience, the drawings represent the thickness of thematerial as greatly exaggerated. 1 indicates a portion of any. ordinaryor desired packing-carton of a width to receive two rows of eggs, and ofa depth to contain one or more layers of eggs. Of course, instead ofhaving two rows abreast there might be three or four or more; and theremay be six or more eggs in a row. Each packing-unit consists of twoparts, the lower cushioning-unit 2 and the upper cushioning-unit 3,-justlike it, but inverted. Each cushioning-unit itself consists of threemembers, the lower and upper members 4 and 5, and an intermediatecushion-containing member. The lower member 4 is an ordinary fiatrectangular piece of cardboard, strawboard, corrugated board, or thelike. The upper member 5 is a flat rectangular piece of the same orsimilar material, but provided with openings (3, preferably spacedregularly, for receiving the eggs or other articles that are to bepacked.

The intermediate member is formed of the blank 7, having a group ofslits to produce each cushion. Each group consists of the four diagonalslits 8-8 and 9-9, to produce one pair of tongues 10 and 11 for eachhole 6. Preferably, the blank is scored across the base of each tongue,along the line 12, to permit the tongues to be bent downward at asomewhat sharper angle than that shown in Fig. 1; and, if desired,instead of having the opposite diverging slits meeting at an angle, theymay be united by a short intervening line, and the adjacent ends of thediverging tongues cut away to leave a free rectangular space, all asindicated in Fig. 4. When there are to be two eggs abreast, the blankitself is curved upwardly from along its middle, as indicated at 13;then next, each half is curved downwardly, from the respective portionsindicated at let-14; and, finally, the outer portions are curvedoutwardly as indicated at 1515. If desired, these longitudinalcorrugations can be produced in the manner employed in making corrugatedboard, except that the several corrugations are on a somewhat largerscale than usual. Next, the lower portions (1315) of these corrugationsare glued or otherwise secured upon the face of the lower member 4:, andto the upper corrugations (1 f) the upper memher 5 is similarly secured;and, finally, one of the two tongues, as 11, of each pair is bent downuntil its lower end rests upon the lower member, and then the remainingtongue 10 is bent down to rest upon the firstnamed tongue.

A single egg (or other article) is inserted into each hole 6, to restupon the cushion 10-11; and, when the holes are filled, an invertedcushioning-unit is located above the same. It is obvious that the partscan be made of any suitatble material, that provision may be made forhaving two or more rows of cushion-receptacles abreast, and that theremay be six or more or less receptacles in each row. It is furtherobvious that each unit will be made of a length and breadth to fit thecarton; or, that a packing-carton will be selected of a dimension toreceive the cushion-members. Also, that two of these members arerequired to constitute a cooperative-pair of cushions; and that theremay be a plurality of such cooperating pairs in eachcarton.

The invention has thus been described in full detail, but only for thesake of cl earness; since it is not limited to the precise constructionand arrangement set forth, but may be embodied in various forms.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed is:

1. A cushioning-device for packing-cartons, comprising top and bottommembers with article-receiving openings in the top member, and acorrugated intermediate member secured to the top and bottom membersaforesaid, two integral tongues slit from said intermediate memberopposite each opening aforesaid, one of said tongues resting upon thefloor of the bottom member and the other tongue resting upon thefirstnamed tongue.

2. A cushioningdevice comprising top and bottom and intermediatemembers, said intermediate member having a diagonallydisposed tongueresting upon said bottom member and also having a second diagonallydisposed article-receiving tongue resting upon the first-named tongue,said top memposite 4. he herein-described blank for apacking-receptacle, containing an article-receiving opening produced bytwo oppositelydisposed pairs of slits, each pair of slits divergingtoward the middle of said opening so as to produce two flaring tonguesfacing each other and Wider at their mutually-adjacent ends.

5. A cushion-blank having an article-receiving opening formed by twopairs of opy-disposed slits to produce two tongues facing each other andadapted to rest one upon the other.

In testimony whereof I have signed this specification in the presence oftwo subscribing witnesses.

HENRY W. THAYER. Witnesses:

C. A. L. MASSIE, LILLIAN E. MOORE.

